Letting Go

'I don't want to live like that' I remember my dad saying to me when he saw a man in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank attached. He had just been diagnosed with lung cancer. I tried to shut the image out of my head as I never wanted to see my dad in that state but I also knew it would be hard to let him go. I knew I had to be strong for my mom and my gran, 'I have the training to get through this situation' I would tell myself. I'd worked for a bereavement counselling charity a few years before. Then that day came. I'm sure he whispered 'Let me Go' as I knelt beside him. He died in my arms while my mom was calling the ambulance.

Please let me go
I don't want to burden you
I could not live dependent on others
I would rather die
Than live in an oxygen bubble.

I love you so
I don't want to let you go
I need you here
I'm not ready to loose you.

Please let me go
I know you'll be OK
Look after your mother
Please help her to cope
Without me around.